The Ring

You Tube is full of videos about how to make Kvass (Kvas, Kwas, Kbac) from bread.  (Kvass of course is a Russian soft drink traditionally made from rye bread.) You can learn there how to make it from all sorts of bread. Even toasted white bread.  You can add more sugar or less, you can add raisins or beets, the possiblilties seem endless. Many people have put a lot of thought into it. (besides all the usual stuff, that is) 

(my original post on kvass..) https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=398866872025297364&useLegacyBlogger=true#editor/target=post;postID=3674790995324125677;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=3;src=postname

Ah, but then I decided to think outside the box.  It came to me just a moment ago.  Everybody seems to be making some sort of kvass out of bread.  I suggest we turn that around. Why don't we (Jeanne and I) make bread out of kvass?  What an idea!  That's brilliant! Throughout our lives we've often taken the path less traveled by, why not now?  

Jeanne immediately perceived the genius of my idea. It was the work of moments to start the experiment. Great minds think alike, is the saying, and that was proven once again when Jeanne and I discussed the bread she was starting. As you recall, I have just mentioned raisins as being an additive to the production of some kvass, and she just asked me what I thought of adding a few raisins to the bread? I had suggested making the bread just slightly sweeter than regular bread is, and she revealed that she had also thought of adding a little brown sugar and butter as a filling to the dough. Amazing.  I guess that's what living together since 1973 will do for you.  

With the production of this bread, we are closing the loop. The circle of bread/kvass/bread will be finally be made complete. 

We are forging the Ring of Kvass in blazing heat. This ring cannot be unmade. It can only be consumed by the fellowship....

One ring to feed them, 

One ring to tease them, 

One ring to bring them all, 

And with its sweetness, please them.

...Okay, okay. (deep breath)  I got carried away there for a moment. You've got to admit though that my idea is a good one. 

Here is the story of the ring in pictures. (I regret there are no orcs, elves, eagles, oliphaunts, wizards, or ents. This is a low-budget blog.)

 This is a brand I hadn't tried before. Kvass will replace the water in the dough.

 That dough already looks interesting.

The Fellowship of the Ring.  

Here is a look at a piece of our first ever ring of kvass.  It's quite dense. Jeanne also added some sunflower seeds to it which were a pleasant surprise. As you see, she frosted it liberally but the bread itself is sweet enough and would really only require the lightest of frostings.  It doesn't taste like rye bread, despite the color. 
This was definitely a success.  


-djf